Explanation - Their have been claims for years that Greek meant "Yavan" in the sanskrit language or at the very least the clan of yavanas (mentioned in Ramayan/Mahabharat) were actually ancient greek people. In my opinion this's a false claim that originated out of ignorance.
The 1st time these people were mentioned is in Ramayan's Bala Kanda when Vishwamitra's tale had been narrated at that point a cow under the ownership of Vashisth somehow used magic to spawn or bring to life a race called "Yavana" they also receive mention in adi parva of mahabharat.
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"On seeing the subdual of hundreds of Pahlava-s by Vishvamitra, then the Sacred Cow again generated deadly Shaka-s hobnobbed with Yavana-s through her mooing."
Mahabharat passage:
"From her womb, an army of Yavanas, and from her dung, an army of Savaras; and from her urine, an army of Kanchis; and from her sides, an army of Savaras. And from the froth of her mouth came out hosts of Paundras and Kiratas, Yavanas and Sinhalas, and the barbarous tribes of Khasas and Chivukas and Pulindas and Chinas and Hunas with Keralas, and numerous other Mlechchhas."
Logic - the cow had magic that resulted in the summoning of yavanas. But its not made clear whether these were the first yavanas in existence or if their were never any yavana warriors before the incident in this verse.
Cross reference during kurukshetra suggested they were born out of a cow;
"And many terrible Yavanas and Paradas and Sakas and Valhikas, and Mlecchas born of the cow (belonging to Vasishtha), of fierce eyes, accomplished in smiting looking like messengers of Death, and all conversant with the deceptive powers of the Asuras."
Logic - even if the text in parenthesis gets removed still the word 'COW' got mentioned outside of it, so it has to be genuine not a interpolation.
Shishir Parvaath
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"You strive hard in the island of Yava, which will be splendorous with seven kingdoms, like that even in Golden and Silver islands that are enwreathed with gold-mines, in and around Yava islands. On crossing over Yava Island, there is a mountain named Shishira, which touches heaven with its peak, and which gods and demons adore. You shall collectively rake through all the impassable mountains, waterfalls, and forests in these islands for the glorious wife of Rama."
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Comment; it is entirely possible that the YAVANAS came from here and not greece, its more likely for them to be from a island close to India's proximity like Yava.
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Mini respect Thread for kalyavana.
Fought Sri Krishna to a standstill even making him back off;
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"Seeing his army killed, that mighty Kālayavana, the lord of Yavanas, fought with Kṛṣṇa, with a mace. Seeing that great havoc (done) by him for a long time, the lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa too, turning away from the battle, retreated. (Kālayavana) very speedily followed him."
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Image is of Nikitin Dheer in the role of Kalyavana.
Of course apart from this theirs no achievement of Kaalyavan but it can be assumed he was a gada-dhaari so he preferred doing club warfare/mace-combat. I dont know if krishna just pretended to lose by slackening his attack on purpose or if his defeat was genuine. The reason being cause even though krishna was an avatar of Vishnu he still was not infallible, his power is inferior to his source (vishnu himself) & he has shown that he has limited power multiple times.
Like on day 12 (Kurukshetra) when he was knocked out due to the weapon of a samsaptaka warrior. Also krishna had made love with many spouses this action depleted his internal reservoir of spirit energy cause of the amount of intercourse he had in life.
ReaLife athlete's quote;
"While not strictly adhering to celibacy, Ali believed in conserving energy during training and fight preparations."
So although krishna was powerful he remained inferior to the other avatars of vishnu and was himself vulnerable to many people.
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What MB (Mahabharat) say's about yavana origins.
1st:
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"The sons of Turvasu have come to be called the Yavanas."
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Note - Turvasu is the name of a Kshatriya caste king in arya varth. Turvasu was the second son to "Yayati" an earlier king of aryans.
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A character with a unique name:
"In this region, O Brahmana, Manu and Yavakrita's son together set a limit which Surya can never overstep."
Logic - notice that the word 'yava' is in it, that shows a similarity with yavana, so most likely the original meaning of yava was not greek, foreigner, mleccha etc.
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Also i think that its worth noting that Ravan had a family member called "Malyavan" but nowhere did anyone consider him a mleccha, foreigner, barbarian or greek/macedonian.
Real-sanskrit verse;
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parivR^ittaakSaH = rolling his eyes; dmarSaat = in fury; abraviit = spoke; atha = then; maalyavantam = to Malyavan
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Here his name was referenced as "Malyavantam" instead of Malyavan.
Verse 15;
maalyavaan = Malyavan
Here they got his name correct, but still my main point is that the phrase/term [yavan] is within his name yet hes not considered a foreigner, mleccha or greek.
So yavanas most likely were not greeks or macedonians or europeans.
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